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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
NV Garden Fence.

/ have made the fence around the gar
den of woven wire and like it very much;
but | have put it to use to train grape
vines upon as a trellis, and l can twine
| the shoots as please in the loops.
1t makes perfect garden fence and
| serve as n fence around the poultry yard,
| letting in light and air; 1T also protects
| those little plots in the lawn, where tn,
bedding plants lnxuliate from the ex
| cursions of poultry, and it protects tn,
| young apple trees from the rabbits. a
| valuable suggestion.) L have tried
| many remedies to prevent their gnawing <
young apple trees, which they prefer;
but they like to nip Norway maple,
beeches and lindens as well; but at last
placed the woven wire fence fastened
to posts around the field, and this is %
permanent safeguard. But the meshes
must not be too large, as to my surprise
the rabbits Will force themselves through
quite small space. A twO-inch mesh
is too large. The washes of various
kinds L have used to prevent the injury
from rabbits disappeared with the first
hard rain, unless one of hnseed oil or
petroleum, and they were injurious to
the trees. A fence of good strong woven
wire protected by one or two strands of
buckthorn fencing will last many years,
protect the orchard or garden from the
pigs and poultry, act as barrier to the
fruit stealer, and be cheap fence, too,
some good varieties of grapevines train
ed along this fence, the vines being fas-
tened to the fence by their tendrils, and
when growing woven in and out with
little trouble. HICKS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
1t Was His Own Nose.

1 have attended the Mardi Gras festiv-
tiles for the last thirty years, but never
remember to have been so amused as %
dozen years ago, when went to the ball
with a general of the quarteImaster' de-
partment. The general was a man of
fine figure and imposing bearing, and
would have been very handsome except
for the fact that his countenance was
decorated by a nose enormous in size,
dubious in shape and deep purple in
hue. While at the ball the gallant Of
ficer fell i'll with IL masked lady of most
graceful figure and carriage, with whom
he danced a number of times, and final
" requested, as a particular favor, to
unmask. After great deal of hesita-
ton the lady consented, exhibiting to
the generals delightful gaze features as
pleasing as her figure. After few COM
pliments had been paid her, the lady
said: "But, sir, you should also un-
mask" Madam, said the general,
look of surprise spreading over his fea-
tures. "I am unmasked." His compan-
ion gazed at him with incredulity, but
finally it began to dawn upon her that
the rubicund and trunk-lil1e proboscis
attached to her escorts face was work
of nature and not of art. With shud.
der, and little shrek, she glided away,
leaving the general nearly mad with
rage and indignation. He at once made
his way to his hotel, and never again
was seen in New Orleans.-St. L0Vis
6I0Ep
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
lily by women, the wives of the shippers

ally by women, the wives of the shippers,
there is nothing nautical about them.
Rocking chairs, sewing machines, pic
lures, bird cages, and pot plants give
them homelike appearance, and ban
ish all suggestions of life on the roll
ing deep. But the canal boat does get
a bit cf rolling once in a while, and
presumably the kerosene lamps standing
on shelves are then safely slowed and
the furniture lashed. Some of the boats
go through the canals to Lake Cham
plain and are towed across the lake Oh
down to some of the ports, perhaps
distance of seventy-five miles. Storms
occasionally rise, and the canalman in
his hat-bottom craft gets taste of navi-
cation, being obliged to step a mast and
rig up a storm sail in order to keep the
boats head up if the tow line breaks.
The perils of the lake passage and how
the crew of the Eliza Jane remained ND
all night holding the deck cargo from
rolling overheard are topics for thrill
ings yarns, spun by the afcient mari
ners Of the canal as they smoke their
pipes around the cheerful cylinder
stoves, when icy bgasts-@,a. careering
over the winter city.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
SNAKES IN THE BACK LOG.
THRILLING ADVENTURE BY THE FIREsIDE
IN A CATSKILL HOME.

PINE HILL, N. Y.-Up here in the
Catskills, where two or three thousand
New Workers while away the summer, is
an old homestead in which farmer re-
sides with his family. The house is
quaint and old fashioned, not the least
of the attractions being great yawning
tireplaces, in which immense ''back
logs" crackle and blaze, while the kettle
SINNERS merrily on the hob.
1t is still winter at Pine Hill and vi
cinity, so "back logs" continue to be in
great demand.
When the snow and hail were coming
down lively on recent Sunday night,
and the wind was blowing no "small
guns" the farmer, Matthews, replen-
ished the fire around which his wife and
rosy checked boys and girls were costly
gathered. As the farmer placed an i'm
mense knotty piece of wood, III which
there was a deep hole, ON the fire one OF
the children remarked:
"Hope there's no little mousies in
there, dad"
That there was something in the pine
knot was soon made evident by the un-
usual cracking and kissing, and five
pairs of dilated eyes watched the hole
in the wood intently, as the blaze crept
closer and closer to it.
Presently there was a jumping and
skurrying of the farmer and his family
as snake slowly but surely issued forth
from the wood. It squirmed and jumped,
and at last, by violent effort, freed it
self from the fireplace. The farmer and
eldest son killed the reptile, which was
found to be a young rattlesnake.
Two other small snakes Of the same
species also crawled out of the wood and
we're quickly despatched.
During the entire performance the
farmers wife stood on a chair with her
skirts gathered heroically about her and
shrieked Justify.
The next morning, however, according
to the farmers story, his wife pointed
proudly to the snakes and said
"We killed them all within a half
hour; didn't we, William!'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
SEA LIONS IN CENTRAL PARK.
Their JOY in Getting into the Water
After Their Long Journey.

The eight sea lions at Central Park,
New York, are just now attracting much
attention. They were captured about a
month ago st. Pauls and st. Georges
Islands, off the coast of Alaska, and ar
rived here last week overland from San
Francisco. The animals made the jour
ney in big crates, reaching their destina
ton in Just six days and eight hours.
They were badly frightened by their trip,
and would not eat anything at first, but
they were nevertheless the eight happiest
sea lions in existence when they were set
free in the cranes pond at the Park and
found that the water was really wet.
They plunged into the pool one after an
other as fast as they were released, and
they pokcd up their long, shining noses
like dogs barking mt the moon, and bel
lowed "Ow owl owl" Then they turned
with big fiippers, and made the water
foam until they were tired with their ex-
ertions, when they reassembled in the
centre of the basin and rubbed noses and
caressed each other in their excess of
Joy. There is nice little house on the
banks of the basin filled with soft hay,
anu lue ground IOf some distance around
the house is literally strewn with hay.
But the lions at first preferred to huddle
together in the basin where nobody could
get good view of them. Keeper Peter
Shannon tried to rout them ont with
long pole, but his efforts only resulted
in setting the sea lions snarling like
tigers. Several eXpedients were tried
with a similar result. Finally Herman
Reiche produced family umbrella, and
holding it toward the lions, opened and
shut it as fast as he could. The lions
gave a terrific chorus of COWS" which
they changed to a prolonged snaTl of
"b-r-r-r," and with awkward ungainly
founders clambered over the sides of the
basin and Topped along the bank in great
haste to escape from the umbrella.
Keeper Shannon says that if the hons
Try hard they can climb over the iron
fence that surrounds the pond There
are four pairs The largest bull weighs
between 800 and 900pounds and is about
ten years old. The smallest female, OF
COW, as the females are generally called,
is about half as heavy as the heaviest
bull and about half as large. The bulls
are dark-brown, and the females are of
beautiful light brown color. They eat
fresh herring, Probably two paira will
bs sent to Germany i'fia8df,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
Some Venerable Oaks.

The Florida Herald says:-During the
past two months there have been
large number of oak trees felled in this
city, as time had decayed them or they
were in the way of public improvement,
and some residents were impressed with
the idea that the shade they gave to the
buildings was unhealthy, and for this
cause were cat away.
These eaks were huge and venerable
and constituted old landmarks, and it is
said were left here from the forests by
the early settlers-the Doggetts, Harris,
Palmers, Hogans, Poinsetts, Ferrises.
There We're also some planted bypres-
ent citizens in the early days of Jack
sOnville. In few years time there will
be probably not one of these standing.
With their departure the last vestige of
anything of rural character will 60
They afforded splendid picnic facilities,
they were splendid retreats for children
and adults, but their glory has departed
they have outlived their usefulness.
The inexorable march of progress of the
city compelled their removal. Then
loss is felt, even if handsome cottages
have sprung up in their places.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
A MlDWINTER RIDE,
BY J. L. HARBOUR.

/ went to the stage-coach company S
Office at six o'clock in the morning, and
waited there until nine, never once
taking my eye off the drivers seat OF
the great, clumsy old coach.
When the Jehu who was to hold the
reins that day dashed brisIy up Chest
nut Street, and turned gracefully into
Harrison Avenue, [ had, in Leadville
pariance, ''the drop" on that eagerly
sought for. and often fought for, position
half of the drivers seat.
In six months staging over Rocky
Mountain passes and through Rocky
Mountain gulches l had never before
been successful in my struggle for the
drivers seat. Men more active and vigor-
ouswere sure to get in ahead of me, and
then came the agony of climbing inside
the vehicle, where the air was nearly
always foul and reeking with tobacco
smoke, and where the rocking motion of
the coach made me an invalid during
the entire trip.
Once came very near getting the
coveted position, and the next moment
had my hopes, as well as myself, dashed
rudely to the ground in a manner that
humIhates me even now TO think of If.
L was climbing up to the Unoccupied
seat beside the driver; my hand was on the
railing around the top of the coach, and
my foot was on the wheel. In another
moment I would have reached the goal
OF my desire. Bat no A pair of strong |
hands gTasped my ankles firmly, pair
Of strong arms pulled me to the ground,
and..a sharp feminine voice said:
:" 1 always ride with the driver my
elf, mister,
/ looked around. 4 stout, red-faced
woman, in a gorgeous plaid shawl, black
dress and honpet, and a blue veil, stood
before me. While l was looking at her /
she put osEe, foot on the hub of the /
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
Advertising Rates.
Rate PER YEAR,
AY DAYS.

My days pass pleasantly away;
My nights are blest with sweetest sleep;
feel ne symptoms OF decay;
have no cause to mourn or weep;
My fees are impotent and shy;
Ny friends are neither false nor cold,
And yet of late often sigh
I'm growing old!
Ny growing talk of olden times,
My growing taste for esrly news;
Ny growing spathy to rhymes;
Ny growing love of easy shoes;
aiy growing hate Of crowds and noise;
Ny growing fear of taking cold;
All whisper in the Plainest voice
I'm growing oldl
All me ! my very laurels breathe
The tale in my reluctant ears,
And every boon the Hours bequeath
But makes me debtor TO the Years!
Fen Flattery's honeyed words declare
The secret she would fam withhold.
And tells me in GLOW young you are :"
Tn growing oldl
Thanks fer the Years whose rapid fight
Ny sonbre Muse too sadly sings:
Thanks for the CLEANS of golden light
That tint the darkness of their wings;
The light tnat beams from ont the skv,
Those Heavenly mansions to unfold
Where all are biest, and none may sigh,
I'm growing old. ~
JOHN G. SAKE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

frightened. The man who had joined
us at the Lakes made many 81 told YOU
! so" remarks. The driver was. however,
| serene and confident, and / was toe
! familiar with mountain travel to be
much alarmed. The cold was intense
but We were all warmly dressed, and
had an abundance of robes and blankets.
Still, it was a relief when the driver
| cried out at last:
"Here We are ON top at last. Now
we'll go spinnin' down t'other side like
streak o lightnin'."
We were, indeed, on the highest point
of the range, four miles from Indepen-
dence, and those four miles were down
grade all the way. It was not showing
now, and we could see the road winding
down the mOuntain-side, across a little
gulch. and then leading on, in almost a
straight line, to a little cluster of tents
and cabins half bu4ied in the snow. We
could see smoke curling above the roofs,
but no other sign of life in the forlorn-
looking little camp.
Ii we did not go "spinnin" down like
ightnin' We certainly went very fast,
and in an incredibly sho1t time had
come TO halt before the leading hostelry
in the camp. 1t was already filed with
storm-b bound travellers, but the landlord
said he would do the best he could for
us.
Shall I ever forget how bad that
chest" was His house was crazier-
looking than any of our modern East
lake or Queen Anne structures. 1t had
pretentious-looking but cheap battle
ment front of unpainted pine boards, in
which there was one window and one
door. A red calico curtain, half covered
the window; dirt covered the other half
Back of this imposing front was two
roomed cabin of logs. A slab lean-to
was on one side of the log part, and
tent kitchen on the other side. There
was a loft, with ladder leading to it,
above the log part of the house. There
was not bedstead in the cabin. Pine
hunks, filled with dangerous-looking
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
Origin of the Hymn.

'"Jesus, lover of my soul" was writ
ten by Charles Wesley in spring
house where he had taken refuge from
mob. He, with his brother, John
Wesley, and Richard Fillmore, we're
holding one Of their evening meetings
on the common, when a mob attacked
them, and they were compelled to fee
for their lives. They at last found a
season of shelter from the stones from
which they were severely pelted, be-
hind hedge. After lying there for
sometime, the darkness deepened upon
them, and they found their way to a
deserted spring house, where they struck
Il light with fint-stone, washed their
faces in the clear, cold water, brushed
the dirt from their clothes, and felt at
least moments security from the mis-
siles which had pelted them. Charles
Wesley had with him piece of lead
hammered out into a pencil, which was
pulled from his pocket, and with soul
fired with terror of the hour and turned
toward Jesus, he compassed the world
renowned hymn:
f.Jesus lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly;
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high !"
That the flight from the mob and the
cooling waters of the spring helped him
to form this hymn, no one could doubt.
Let the healing streams abound" and
that last stanZa:
''Thou of life the fountain art,
Freely let me take of thee;
Spring thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity"
are creations OF the mind as it felt the
presence of the material fountain. But
how wondrousiy the writer, that night
of flight from a mob to a protecting
shelter, penned the words which have
helped thousands to fly to the bosom of
Jesus.-Signs Of the Times.
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TERMS $3.50.


A traveller i'll Kansas, while crossing
the prairie, came upon party OF friends
/ who seemed to be preparing the land for
| agricultural purposes. MY friend, 4"
said the traveller, addressing one of the
men, ''yOu are laying your corn rows
quite distance apart" Corn rows 2"
the man gasped. eyes, those rows over
there" ''My stars, stranger." exclaim-
ed the Kansas man, sis it possible you
amt heard of it 2" "Heard of what 2"
'Of the boom. Man alive, them amt
corn rows over thar; they are streets,
an this here is q city. You air now ON
the corner of Commercial and Empor-
ium streets, and not in the check of a
corn row, as you mout suppose. -
Aliansa.O Traceller.
ALMOST A HINT.
Fsmeralda Longeoffins parent says to
young Mr.. Staylate-I may be an old
man, and darned ugly old man, but if
/ you don't go home I'll show yoU that
| [ still possess the fire Of youth, for I'll
fire youth out of this house, and you
will be that youth"
Young Mr.. Staylate-Mr. Longcofin,
is this hint for me to go.
HIS PENSION.
AppIicant-Is this the place to apply
for pension? I'm an old soldier, sir, and
up to the present time / haven't asked
the Government to give me cent.
Now [ want assistance.
Pension Agent - You want a back
pension?
Applicant Certainly; that's where 1
was shot. Bits.
HOTEL LIFE.
Dumley (registering in hotel)-I [ sup
pose I can put up here for day.
Clerk-Oh, yes, sir. Any baggage,
Mr.-er-Dumiey
Dumley-No.
Clelk-Then you may put up 81 for a
day.
GETTING THE MONEY BACK.
Old Mr.. Bently (reading)-T see it
costs 5000 to fire off one Of these new.
tangled siege guns"
Old Mrs. Bently (placidly)-Well, !
s'pose they kill enough people to make
up for the expense.
BEATING THE RECORD.
First Landlubber I see that the
Dauntiess has beaten the record.
Second Landlubber-In what way?
First Landlubber-Her fresh water
gave out before the beer and cham
pagne.-N. 7. Sun.
STRONG.
Lady lin grocery store)-Let me have
a pound of butter, please.
Clerk (whO used to tend i'll cigar store)
Mild or strong ?-Ha,per'S Bagar.
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An Insane WOman's Strength.

The Bu1aIo Courier relates the follow
ing story:
Zone OF the most striking things about
insanity is the wonderful strength of the
lunatics," said an ex-employe of the Buf-
falo State Insane Asylum while detailing
his experience with the demented. Gone
day / was assisting to carry trunk
through one of the wards, when Il little
woman patient laid hold of my coat and
expressed the intention of putting Inc in
the trunk. I tried to pull her away,
but her delicate hand held on with an
iron grip. Force was the only alterna-
tive of remaining there until some other
whim took possession of her, so We re-
sorted to muscular persuasion. Would
you believe that it took three strongmen
and one woman to make her let go Wo
pulled her slender fingers back one by
one, each man hanging ON to a single
finger, until finally the parting of the
thumb and the first finger released the
garment. To bend back 4 single finger
was like bending heavy telegraph
wire. It appears as though the lunatio
has the power of concentrating all his
strength in n single part of the body at
the expense of other portions in a man
ner impossible to rational person"
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very deep; every rock was white; the
pines We're white and feathery. Some
of the hills were very steep; and,
although there was a horse for each pas
senger, the driver said, many times:
''You'll have to git out, gentlemen, an
Tighten things up a little"
1t was late in the afternoon when we
reached timber Ene. The mountains
above looked gloomy and forbidding; a
storm was raging around their SUBMITS.
The snow was blowing in our faces. We
could see but few feet ahead. 4
wilder, drearisT scene could not be i'm.
egined, The two ladies' wers t!nid End
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Marcellus-Lodemia, can you tell me
why your mothers consent to our mar
riage is like our marriage itself2
Lodemia-I am sure can't imagine
why.
Marcellus-Because we both thank
her for it. See? Both thank her-both
hanker-for it.
Lodemia (stif1y)-Ah, that reminds
me, Mr.. Hankinson; can you tell me
why our marriage is like the color Of
your nose?
Marcellus-No, dearest; 7 give it up.
Lodemia-BecauseI have about come
to the conclusion that it can't come off.
See? Can't come off. Come of'!-Chi-
cage Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

TIE explanation of the use of roosters
for church vanes, is readily explained as
follows: BY Papal enactment, made
in the middle Of the ninth century, the
figure of a cock was set up on every
church steeple ms the emblem of st.
Peter in Rllusion TO his denial of Christ
thrice beiQFs tbs cock crew twice,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

had been through Californy Gulch
more'n twenty year ago."
He had seen the time when he
wouldn't have given ga tinker's cuss"
for the whole town site OF Leadville.
He was of the opinion that "some men
was born lucky, but he want born that
WAY"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
A FRIEND OF THE POOR.

Wife-"You are such a nice man"
Husband - "What is it you want
now -
Wife-'I want a new dress"
Husband-"But you should take the
hard times into consideration.
Wife-'So [ do. [ want to give the
poor seamstress something to do. >
iSiftinls.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

We must never undervalue any per.
son. The workman loves not that his
work should be despised in his presence.
Now, God is present everywhere, and
every person Il Ai# work,
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~~
~

! Jinks-Don't you object to your wife
wearing such an enormously high hat,
| Binks?
Binks-No, not at all. 1 complained
of it once, and she said she would take
off an inch for every drink L refused.
Jenks-No wonder you don't complain
any mOre.-Iid Bits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

THERE IS more of power to sanctify,
elevate, strengthen and cheerin the word
Jesus (Jehovah- -Sayiour) that in all the
pttsyanees Of man sinos tbs world began.
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THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
AMUSING THINGS WE FIND IN
THE PAPERS.

He Was in the City-He Could Keep
There-It was SO Bitter-Odds
and Ends, Etc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05

Lady (in grocery store)-Let me have
a pound of butter, please.
Clerk (whO used to tend i'll cigar store)
Mild or strong ?-Harper'S Bagar.